1.
SV SIDE SHOT OF BOAT
0.01

2.
SV REAR SHOT OF BOAT
0.03

3.
SV PILOT WALKS TO BOAT, ENTERS IT
0.06

4.
GV CROWD WALKS TO BOAT DOCK
0.08

5.
CU PILOT AT CONTROLS
0.12

6.
SV BOAT TAKES OFF OVER WATER
0.22

7.
SV BOAT MAKES SLIGHT TURN TO RIGHT
0.28

8.
SV DIE SHOT OF BOAT GOING INTO COMPLETE TURN
0.40

9.
SV BOAT FINISHES TURN, FACES TOWARDS SHORE
0.44

10.
SLV BOAT RETURNS TO SHORE
0.49

11.
SV BOAT ON SHORE
0.52



Initials JNT/N/JF/ES



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Background: AN ODD-LOOKING CONTRAPTION DESIGNED TO TRAVERSE LAND, WATER, ICE, MUD AND MARSH REFORMED ACROSS THE ICE FIELD OF LAKE ERIE, IN NEW YORK STATE RECENTLY.

THE MACHINE IS CALLED THE "CARABAO"...NAMED AFTER THE TOUGH WATER BUFFALO OF THE PHILIPPINES.IT MADE ITS DEBUT IN THE HARBOUR AT BUFFALO, NEW YORK.THE "CARABAO" SKIMS ACROSS LAND AND WATER ABOVE CUSHION OF AIR SUPPLIED FROM THREE HUGE CIRCULAR CELLS.A PROPELLER MOUNTED IN THE AFT PROVIDES PROPULSION AND BRAKING.DESIGNED TO MOVE OVER OBSTACLES UP TO ONE FOOT HIGH - THE "CARABAO" HAS A TOP SPEED OF SIXTY MILES AND HOUR - MUCH FASTER THAN CONVENTIONAL BOATS.IT IS CAPABLE OF MANY MISSIONS - HARBOUR AND RIVER PATROLS, RESCUE WORK, AIRPORT EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, INSECT CONTROL IN MARSH-LANDS, AND VARIOUS MILITARY ASSIGNMENTS.EIGHTEEN FEET LONG - IT WEIGHS A TON AND A HALF - WITH A PAYLOAD OF ANOTHER HALF TON.